Towards an internet you can trust

It wasn't meant to be this way.

The internet promised so much. But now it's drowning in misinformation, scams, malicious attacks, social media abuse and AI "slop".

Increasingly, it feels like you can't trust anything you watch or read on it.

Just as damagingly, the institutions whose responsibility it is to provide clear, unbiased, legitimate information to the public are themselves operating in the same exploitative, data-mining ways and on the same "surveillance capitalism" platforms as those they should be seeking to challenge.

Regulation has not and cannot solve these problems, and they are getting worse.

dotPublic is the alternative.

dotPublic is developing a public digital infrastructure that will deliver the highest standards of trust, permanence and accountability.

What will be the benefits for you?

You will be able to trust that the information you are being given is truthful, accurate, unbiased, and from legitimate sources.

You will be confident that you are not being manipulated nor exploited, and that your interests and behaviour are not being tracked across the internet.

You will be certain that all essential information will be permanently and freely accessible to everyone, regardless of income, geography, or device.

How will this be achieved?

dotPublic is setting rigorous standards in nine categories for its partner organisations and contributors. These nine categories are:

  1. Accessibility – compliance with international standards; no barriers to access
  2. Privacy – no behavioural tracking; genuine user consent, not "consent theatre"
  3. Security – enforced encryption; protection from tampering; no single point of failure
  4. Transparency – clear ownership; disclosed funding; open governance
  5. Accountability – contactable person; published complaints process; commitments honoured
  6. Interoperability – open formats; no proprietary lock-in; data exportable on request
  7. Provenance – clear institutional authorship, version history, verifiable sources
  8. AI & Automation – disclosed when used; human oversight of decisions that affect people
  9. Responsibility to the Future – succession planning; environmental disclosure; built to endure

We would like you to be involved

We invite you to join us in our mission to build a new digital infrastructure and change the world for the better.

Please contact us to get involved.